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I always thought that self driving cars would make commutes longer and there is probably a temptation to let the car circle around cities while you do something
by spaetzleesser 5y ago
I always thought that self driving cars would make commutes longer and there is probably a temptation to let the car circle around cities while you do something if there is no parking.
- Steltek 5y agoThe specific concern is that your car will drive you to work, turn around, then drive home again to park in your driveway. Doubling the trips will result in twice the congestion.
- bagacrap 5y agomaybe, but is this worse than the alternative of needing to allocate precious space in dense urban areas to car storage? It seems like getting rid of on street parking and thus opening up ~2 more lanes per road would be a win even with increased commuter miles.
- spaetzleesser 5y agoBoth are bad.
- bagacrap 5y agoit seems more likely the car will park a mile away where space is more abundant, rather than using the roads as a mobile parking space. In some cases it will make sense to build a self-driving specific parking structure that doesn't need to accommodate human traffic, a la the car vending machines you see in NY and Tokyo etc. And of course there are the romantics who think we'll be able to convince people to give up individual car ownership and therefore do away with parking.